French brig Ligurienne (1798)

The Ligurienne under way. Aquatint by Antoine Roux.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameLigurienne
NamesakeLiguria
BuilderToulon,[1] Builder: Honoré Garnier Saint-Maurice
Laid downMarch 1798
Launched2 May 1798
In serviceJuly 1798
FateCaptured on 21 March 1800
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and typeBrig-corvette
Displacement300 tons (French)
Tons burthen150 (French; "of load")
Length26 metres (85 ft)
Beam7 metres (23 ft 0 in)
Draught3 metres (9.8 ft)
Complement104
Armament
  • French account: 1 × 12-pounder gun + 6 × 6-pounder guns
  • British account: 14 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 36-pounder obusiers
ArmourTimber

Ligurienne was a 16-gun sectional brig of the French Navy that was launched in 1798. The British captured her in 1800, but did not take her into service.

  1. ^ a b Roche, p.282
  2. ^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.203.

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